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Justin Quinn

Former Boston Celtics wing Evan Fournier recognizes France is a EuroBasket target

The French National Team is a target for the rest of the national teams scheduled to compete in this year’s EuroBasket tournament after France finished in the top three in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games held last year (delayed due to the pandemic, if you are wondering about the year), and former Boston Celtics shooting guard Evan Fournier knows it.

As one of the deepest and toughest teams in the FIBA World Cup qualifier event that begins across Europe in various locations on Sept. 1, the current New York Knicks wing admitted France will be bulletin board material.

“We have a target on our backs,” Fournier said in a recent article by Eurohoops’ Johnny Askounis.

“We won the silver medals in last year’s Olympic Games, so (we) must display our strength,” he added.

The French are 6-1 in their exhibition schedule ahead of the EuroBasket competition. They face Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo on Saturday, so if it is strength Fournier wants his team to project, it certainly hasn’t had much difficulty doing so thus far.

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